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  1. Genome reduction in novel, obligately methyl-reducing Methanosarcinales isolated from arthropod guts (Methanolapillus gen. nov. and Methanimicrococcus)

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, August 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  2. Genome reduction and horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of Endomicrobia—rise and fall of an intracellular symbiosis with termite gut flagellates

    Article • mBio, June 2024, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  3. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis is the key process in the obligately syntrophic consortium of the anaerobic ameba Pelomyxa schiedti

    Article • The ISME Journal, August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  4. Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Andreas Brune

  5. Comparative Analysis of Brucepastera parasyntrophica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Teretinema zuelzerae gen. nov., comb. nov. ( Treponemataceae ) Reveals the Importa...

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2022, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  6. A new family for ‘termite gut treponemes’: description of Breznakiellaceae fam. nov., Gracilinema caldarium gen. nov., comb. nov., Leadbettera azotonutricia gen. nov., comb. nov., Helmutkoenigia isoptericolens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Zuelzera stenos...

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, May 2022, Society for General Microbiology

    Andreas Brune

  7. Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non‐acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, June 2021, Wiley

    Prof. Hao Zheng, Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  8. Long rDNA amplicon sequencing of insect-infecting nephridiophagids reveals their affiliation to the Chytridiomycota and a potential to switch between hosts

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  9. Metabolic potential for reductive acetogenesis and a novel energy-converting [NiFe] hydrogenase inBathyarchaeiafrom termite guts – a genome-centric analysis

    Article • December 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Andreas Brune

  10. Long rDNA amplicon sequencing of insect-infecting nephridiophagids reveals their affiliation to the Chytridiomycota (Fungi) and a potential to switch between hosts

    Article • October 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Andreas Brune

  11. The hydrogen threshold of obligately methyl-reducing methanogens

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  12. Phylogenomic analysis of 589 metagenome-assembled genomes encompassing all major prokaryotic lineages from the gut of higher termites

    Article • PeerJ, February 2020, PeerJ

    Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  13. Efficient but occasionally imperfect vertical transmission of gut mutualistic protists in a wood‐feeding termite

    Article • Molecular Ecology, December 2019, Wiley

    Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  14. Novel Lineages of Oxymonad Flagellates from the Termite Porotermes adamsoni (Stolotermitidae): the Genera Oxynympha and Termitimonas

    Article • Protist, December 2019, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  15. Utilization of Dietary Protein in the Litter-Dwelling Larva of Bibio marci (Diptera: Bibionidae)

    Article • Eurasian Soil Science, December 2019, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Andreas Brune

  16. The bacterial gut microbiota of litter-feeding cockroaches

    Article • BMC Microbiology, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune, Dr. Niclas Lampert

  17. Phylogenomic analysis of 589 metagenome-assembled genomes encompassing all major prokaryotic lineages from the gut of higher termites

    Article • August 2019, PeerJ

    Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  18. Phylogenomic analysis of 589 metagenome-assembled genomes encompassing all major prokaryotic lineages from the gut of higher termites

    Article • August 2019, PeerJ

    Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  19. Fiber-associated spirochetes are major agents of hemicellulose degradation in the hindgut of wood-feeding higher termites

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Andreas Brune

  20. Rampant Host Switching Shaped the Termite Gut Microbiome

    Article • Current Biology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  21. Methanogenesis in the Digestive Tracts of Insects and Other Arthropods

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  22. Methanogens in the Digestive Tract of Termites

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  23. Ereboglobus luteus gen. nov. sp. nov. from cockroach guts, and new insights into the oxygen relationship of the genera Opitutus and Didymococcus ( Verrucomicrobia : Opitutaceae )

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  24. Ectosymbiotic Endomicrobia - a transition stage towards intracellular symbionts?

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, September 2017, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  25. Exclusive Gut Flagellates of Serritermitidae Suggest a Major Transfaunation Event in Lower Termites: Description of Heliconympha glossotermitis gen. nov. spec. nov.

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, July 2017, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  26. High-resolution phylogenetic analysis of Endomicrobia reveals multiple acquisitions of endosymbiotic lineages by termite gut flagellates

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, July 2017, Wiley

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune, Prof. Hao Zheng

  27. Genome Analysis of Endomicrobium proavitum Suggests Loss and Gain of Relevant Functions during the Evolution of Intracellular Symbionts

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune, Prof. Hao Zheng

  28. Hand over that gun: lateral gene transfer provides an amoeba with a bacterial weapon

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, February 2017, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  29. The complete mitochondrial genomes of the higher termitesLabiotermes labralisandEmbiratermes neotenicus(Termitidae: Syntermitinae)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  30. Microenvironmental heterogeneity of gut compartments drives bacterial community structure in wood- and humus-feeding higher termites

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, October 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune

  31. Genome analysis of ‘CandidatusAncillula trichonymphae’, first representative of a deep-branching clade ofBifidobacteriales, strengthens evidence for convergent evolution in flagellate endosymbionts

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, September 2016, Wiley

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune

  32. Breznakia blatticola gen. nov. sp. nov. and Breznakia pachnodae sp. nov., two fermenting bacteria isolated from insect guts, and emended description of the family Erysipelotrichaceae

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, May 2016, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  33. ‘Candidatus Adiutrix intracellularis’, an endosymbiont of termite gut flagellates, is the first representative of a deep-branching clade of Deltaproteobacteria and a putative homoacetogen

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2016, Wiley

    Aram Mikaelyan, Dr Susannah Green Tringe, Andreas Brune

  34. Deterministic Assembly of Complex Bacterial Communities in Guts of Germ-Free Cockroaches

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2015, ASM Journals

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune

  35. Oxygen Affects Gut Bacterial Colonization and Metabolic Activities in a Gnotobiotic Cockroach Model

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2015, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  36. Metagenomic analysis of the microbiota in the highly compartmented hindguts of six wood- or soil-feeding higher termites

    Article • Microbiome, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich

  37. Restriction-Modification Systems as Mobile Genetic Elements in the Evolution of an Intracellular Symbiont

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carsten Dietrich, Dr. Hao Zheng, Dr. Hao Zheng, Andreas Brune, Prof. Hao Zheng

  38. The Gut Microbiota of Termites: Digesting the Diversity in the Light of Ecology and Evolution

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 2015, Annual Reviews

    Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich

  39. Age polyethism drives community structure of the bacterial gut microbiota in the fungus-cultivating termiteOdontotermes formosanus

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2015, Wiley

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune, Dr Hongjie Li, Dr Carsten Dietrich, Dr. BIN MA

  40. Diet is the primary determinant of bacterial community structure in the guts of higher termites

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2015, Wiley

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich

  41. Classifying the bacterial gut microbiota of termites and cockroaches: A curated phylogenetic reference database (DictDb)

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune, Dr. Niclas Lampert

  42. Ilyobacter

    Article • September 2015, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  43. Endomicrobium proavitum, the first isolate ofEndomicrobiaclass. nov. (phylumElusimicrobia) - an ultramicrobacterium with an unusual cell cycle that fixes nitrogen with a Group IV nitrogenase

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, July 2015, Wiley

    Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich, Dr. Hao Zheng, Dr. Hao Zheng, Prof. Hao Zheng

  44. Complete Genome Sequence of Endomicrobium proavitum , a Free-Living Relative of the Intracellular Symbionts of Termite Gut Flagellates (Phylum Elusimicrobia )

    Article • Genome Announcements, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune, Dr. Hao Zheng, Dr. Hao Zheng, Prof. Hao Zheng

  45. Population Structure of Endomicrobia in Single Host Cells of Termite Gut Flagellates (Trichonympha spp.)

    Article • Microbes and Environments, January 2015, Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology

    Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich, Dr. Hao Zheng, Dr. Hao Zheng, Prof. Hao Zheng

  46. The bacterial gut microbiota of two cockroach species dwelling in degrading wood

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune, Dr. Niclas Lampert

  47. New Mode of Energy Metabolism in the Seventh Order of Methanogens as Revealed by Comparative Genome Analysis of “Candidatus Methanoplasma termitum”

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune, Professor Rolf Daniel

  48. The complete mitogenomes of six higher termite species reconstructed from metagenomic datasets (Cornitermes sp., Cubitermes ugandensis, Microcerotermes parvus, Nasutitermes corniger, Neocapritermes taracua, and Termes hospes)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, December 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich

  49. Identifying the core microbial community in the gut of fungus-growing termites

    Article • Molecular Ecology, August 2014, Wiley

    Andreas Brune, Aram Mikaelyan

  50. Microprofiles of oxygen, redox potential, and pH, and microbial fermentation products in the highly alkaline gut of the saprophagous larva of Penthetria holosericea (Diptera: Bibionidae)

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  51. Phylogeny and Ultrastructure of Oxymonas jouteli, a Rostellum-free Species, and Opisthomitus longiflagellatus sp. nov., Oxymonadid Flagellates from the Gut of Neotermes jouteli

    Article • Protist, May 2014, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  52. The fibre-associated cellulolytic bacterial community in the hindgut of wood-feeding higher termites (Nasutitermesspp.)

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, March 2014, Wiley

    Andreas Brune, Aram Mikaelyan

  53. Symbiotic digestion of lignocellulose in termite guts

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  54. The Cockroach Origin of the Termite Gut Microbiota: Patterns in Bacterial Community Structure Reflect Major Evolutionary Events

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich

  55. Pyrotag Sequencing of the Gut Microbiota of the Cockroach Shelfordella lateralis Reveals a Highly Dynamic Core but Only Limited Effects of Diet on Community Structure

    Article • PLOS One, January 2014, PLOS

    Andreas Brune

  56. The Family Elusimicrobiaceae

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  57. Symbiotic Associations Between Termites and Prokaryotes

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  58. ‘ C andidatus A ncillula trichonymphae’, a novel lineage of endosymbiotic ...

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2012, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  59. Immune-modulating gut symbionts are not “Candidatus Arthromitus”

    Article • Mucosal Immunology, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune, Aram Mikaelyan

  60. “Methanoplasmatales,” Thermoplasmatales-Related Archaea in Termite Guts and Other Environments, Are the Seventh Order of Methanogens

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2012, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  61. Cartwheel Architecture of Trichonympha Basal Body

    Article • Science, July 2012, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich

  62. Humic substance-mediated Fe(III) reduction by a fermenting Bacillus strain from the alkaline gut of a humus-feeding scarab beetle larva

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, June 2012, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  63. High-Resolution Analysis of Gut Environment and Bacterial Microbiota Reveals Functional Compartmentation of the Gut in Wood-Feeding Higher Termites (Nasutitermes spp.)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2012, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich

  64. ‘Candidatus Arthromitus’ revised: segmented filamentous bacteria in arthropod guts are members of Lachnospiraceae

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, March 2012, Wiley

    Andreas Brune, Aram Mikaelyan

  65. The Bacterial Community in the Gut of the Cockroach Shelfordella lateralis Reflects the Close Evolutionary Relatedness of Cockroaches and Termites

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  66. Bacteroidales ectosymbionts of gut flagellates shape the nitrogen-fixing community in dry-wood termites

    Article • The ISME Journal, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  67. Biogeography of pelagic bacterioplankton across an antagonistic temperature-salinity gradient in the Red Sea

    Article • Molecular Ecology, December 2011, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  68. Nitrate reduction, nitrous oxide formation, and anaerobic ammonia oxidation to nitrite in the gut of soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes and Ophiotermes spp.)

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2011, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  69. The bacterial microbiota in the ceca of Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) differs between wild and captive birds

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, November 2011, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  70. Microbial Symbioses in the Digestive Tract of Lower Termites

    Article • August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  71. Effect of soil invertebrates on the formation of humic substances under laboratory conditions

    Article • Eurasian Soil Science, August 2011, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Andreas Brune

  72. Selective digestion of the proteinaceous component of humic substances by the geophagous earthworms Metaphire guillelmi and Amynthas corrugatus

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, September 2010, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  73. Inter- and intraspecific comparison of the bacterial assemblages in the hindgut of humivorous scarab beetle larvae (Pachnoda spp.)

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  74. Nitrogen mineralization, denitrification, and nitrate ammonification by soil-feeding termites: a 15N-based approach

    Article • Biodegradation, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  75. Identification and localization of the multiple bacterial symbionts of the termite gut flagellate Joenia annectens

    Article • Microbiology, April 2010, Society for General Microbiology

    Andreas Brune

  76. Putatively free-living ‘Endomicrobia’- ancestors of the intracellular symbionts of termite gut flagellates?

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, January 2010, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  77. Methanogens in the Digestive Tract of Termites

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  78. Diversity, Structure, and Evolution of the Termite Gut Microbial Community

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  79. Role of the Termite Gut Microbiota in Symbiotic Digestion

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  80. Strict cospeciation of devescovinid flagellates andBacteroidalesectosymbionts in the gut of dry-wood termites (Kalotermitidae)

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2009, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  81. The True Diversity of Devescovinid Flagellates in the Termite Incisitermes marginipennis

    Article • Protist, November 2009, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  82. The Ultramicrobacterium “Elusimicrobium minutum” gen. nov., sp. nov., the First Cultivated Representative of the Termite Group 1 Phylum

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2009, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  83. Genomic Analysis of “Elusimicrobium minutum,” the First Cultivated Representative of the Phylum “Elusimicrobia” (Formerly Termite Group 1)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2009, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  84. Symbionts Aiding Digestion

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  85. Cospeciation of termite gut flagellates and their bacterial endosymbionts:Trichonymphaspecies and ‘CandidatusEndomicrobium trichonymphae’

    Article • Molecular Ecology, January 2009, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  86. Novel lineages of Planctomycetes densely colonize the alkaline gut of soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes spp.)

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2008, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  87. Gut pH, redox conditions and oxygen levels in an aquatic caterpillar: Potential effects on the fate of ingested tannins

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  88. Soil-carbon preservation through habitat constraints and biological limitations on decomposer activity

    Article • Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, February 2008, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  89. Peptidic soil components are a major dietary resource for the humivorous larvae of Pachnoda spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  90. Simultaneous methanogenesis and oxygen reduction by Methanobrevibacter cuticularis at low oxygen fluxes

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, December 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  91. Woodworker's digest

    Article • Nature, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  92. Transformation and mineralization of soil organic nitrogen by the humivorous larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Plant and Soil, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  93. Phylogenetic diversity of 'Endomicrobia' and their specific affiliation with termite gut flagellates

    Article • Microbiology, October 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Andreas Brune

  94. The Termite Group I Phylum Is Highly Diverse and Widespread in the Environment

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2007, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  95. Hydrogen is the central free intermediate during lignocellulose degradation by termite gut symbionts

    Article • The ISME Journal, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  96. Bacterial symbionts in the hepatopancreas of isopods: diversity and environmental transmission

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, July 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  97. Methane Oxidation in Termite Hindguts: Absence of Evidence and Evidence of Absence

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2007, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  98. Sporotalea propionica gen. nov. sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing, oxygen-reducing, propionigenic firmicute from the intestinal tract of a soil-feeding termite

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  99. Mobilization of soil phosphorus during passage through the gut of larvae of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Plant and Soil, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  100. Nest specificity of the bacterial community in termite guts (Hodotermes mossambicus)

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, August 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  101. Expression profiles of fhs (FTHFS) genes support the hypothesis that spirochaetes dominate reductive acetogenesis in the hindgut of lower termites

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, July 2006, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  102. Nitrogen Mineralization, Ammonia Accumulation, and Emission of Gaseous NH3 by Soil-feeding Termites

    Article • Biodegradation, May 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  103. The gut microflora of Reticulitermes flavipes, its relation to oxygen, and evidence for oxygen-dependent acetogenesis by the most abundant Enterococcus sp.

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, January 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  104. Symbiotic Associations Between Termites and Prokaryotes

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  105. Synthesis of [13C]- and [14C]-labeled phenolic humus and lignin monomers

    Article • Chemosphere, September 2005, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  106. Digestion of peptidic residues in humic substances by an alkali-stable and humic-acid-tolerant proteolytic activity in the gut of soil-feeding termites

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, September 2005, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  107. Structure and Topology of Microbial Communities in the Major Gut Compartments of Melolontha melolontha Larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2005, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  108. Selective digestion of the peptide and polysaccharide components of synthetic humic acids by the humivorous larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, August 2005, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  109. Niche heterogeneity determines bacterial community structure in the termite gut (Reticulitermes santonensis)

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, July 2005, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  110. Dynamics of Redox Changes of Iron Caused by Light–dark Variations in Littoral Sediment of a Freshwater Lake

    Article • Biodegradation, June 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  111. Physiological properties of the gut lumen of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea): adaptive to digesting lignocellulose?

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology B, April 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  112. “Endomicrobia”: Cytoplasmic Symbionts of Termite Gut Protozoa Form a Separate Phylum of Prokaryotes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2005, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  113. In Situ Measurements of Metabolite Fluxes: Microinjection of Radiotracers into Insect Guts and Other Small Compartments

    Article • January 2005, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  114. Digestion of microbial biomass, structural polysaccharides, and protein by the humivorous larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, January 2005, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  115. “Candidatus Hepatoplasma crinochetorum,” a New, Stalk-Forming Lineage of Mollicutes Colonizing the Midgut Glands of a Terrestrial Isopod

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2004, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  116. pmoA-Based Analysis of Methanotrophs in a Littoral Lake Sediment Reveals a Diverse and Stable Community in a Dynamic Environment

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2004, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  117. ? Candidatus Hepatincola porcellionum? gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, stalk-forming lineage of Rickettsiales colonizing the midgut glands of a terrestrial isopod

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  118. Characterization and partial purification of proteinases from the highly alkaline midgut of the humivorous larvae of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, March 2004, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  119. Preferential cultivation of type II methanotrophic bacteria from littoral sediments (Lake Constance)

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, February 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  120. Electron shuttling via humic acids in microbial iron(III) reduction in a freshwater sediment

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, January 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  121. Physicochemical Conditions and Microbial Activities in the Highly Alkaline Gut of the Humus-Feeding Larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2003, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  122. Microbial Community Structure in Midgut and Hindgut of the Humus-Feeding Larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2003, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  123. Phylogenetic Diversity, Abundance, and Axial Distribution of Bacteria in the Intestinal Tract of Two Soil-Feeding Termites (Cubitermes spp.)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2003, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  124. Axial Dynamics, Stability, and Interspecies Similarity of Bacterial Community Structure in the Highly Compartmentalized Gut of Soil-Feeding Termites (Cubitermes spp.)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2003, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  125. Sporomusa aerivorans sp. nov., an oxygen-reducing homoacetogenic bacterium from the gut of a soil-feeding termite

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, September 2003, Society for General Microbiology

    Andreas Brune

  126. In vivo observation of conidial germination at the oxic–anoxic interface and infection of submerged reed roots by Microdochium bolleyi

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, August 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  127. Changes in amount of bacteria during gut passage of leaf litter and during coprophagy in three species ofBibionidae (Diptera) larvae

    Article • Folia Microbiologica, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  128. The gut microenvironment of helicid snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): in-situ profiles of pH, oxygen, and hydrogen determined by microsensors

    Article • Canadian Journal of Zoology, May 2003, Canadian Science Publishing

    Andreas Brune

  129. Phylogenetic Diversity and Whole-Cell Hybridization of Oxymonad Flagellates from the Hindgut of the Wood-Feeding Lower Termite Reticulitermes flavipes

    Article • Protist, April 2003, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  130. Hydrogen-Dependent Oxygen Reduction by Homoacetogenic Bacteria Isolated from Termite Guts

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2003, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  131. Ilyobacter insuetus sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds.

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, March 2002, Society for General Microbiology

    Andreas Brune

  132. Propionivibrio limicola sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds, reclassification of Propionibacter pelophilus as Propionivibrio pelophilus comb. nov. and amended description of the genus Propionivib...

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, March 2002, Society for General Microbiology

    Andreas Brune

  133. Ilyobacter insuetus sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds.

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, March 2002, Society for General Microbiology

    Andreas Brune

  134. Propionivibrio limicola sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds, reclassification of Propionibacter pelophilus as Propionivibrio pelophilus comb. nov. and amended description of the genus Propionivibrio

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, March 2002, Society for General Microbiology

    Andreas Brune

  135. Dynamics of redox potential and changes in redox state of iron and humic acids during gut passage in soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes spp.)

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, February 2002, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  136. Axial Differences in Community Structure ofCrenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota in the Highly Compartmentalized Gut of the Soil-Feeding TermiteCubitermes orthognathus

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2001, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  137. Cross-Epithelial Hydrogen Transfer from the Midgut Compartment Drives Methanogenesis in the Hindgut of Cockroaches

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2001, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune

  138. Ferrous iron oxidation by denitrifying bacteria in profundal sediments of a deep lake (Lake Constance)

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, October 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  139. Ferrous iron oxidation by denitrifying bacteria in profundal sediments of a deep lake (Lake Constance)

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, October 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  140. Transformation and mineralization of 14 C-labeled cellulose, peptidoglycan, and protein by the soil-feeding termite Cubitermes orthognathus

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, February 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  141. Dynamics in composition and size-class distribution of humic substances in profundal sediments of Lake Constance

    Article • Organic Geochemistry, January 2001, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  142. Life at the oxic–anoxic interface: microbial activities and adaptations

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, December 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  143. Life at the oxic–anoxic interface: microbial activities and adaptations

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, December 2000, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  144. Synthesis and characterization of specifically 14C-labeled humic model compounds for feeding trials with soil-feeding termites

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, August 2000, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  145. Transformation and mineralization of synthetic 14C-labeled humic model compounds by soil-feeding termites

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, August 2000, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  146. Impact of oxygen on metabolic fluxes and in situ rates of reductive acetogenesis in the hindgut of the wood-feeding termite Reticulitermes flavipes

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2000, Wiley

    Andreas Brune

  147. Microecology of the termite gut: structure and function on a microscale

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, June 2000, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  148. Characterization of abundance and diversity of lactic acid bacteria in the hindgut of wood- and soil-feeding termites by molecular and culture-dependent techniques

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, December 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  149. Influence of gut alkalinity and oxygen status on mobilization and size-class distribution of humic acids in the hindgut of soil-feeding termites

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, December 1999, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  150. Differential enumeration and in situ localization of microorganisms in the hindgut of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis by hybridization with rRNA-targeted probes

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, November 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  151. Le plus petit bioréacteur du monde

    Article • Biofutur, November 1998, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  152. Anaerobic and aerobic oxidation of ferrous iron at neutral pH by chemoheterotrophic nitrate-reducing bacteria

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, February 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  153. Termite guts: the world's smallest bioreactors

    Article • Trends in Biotechnology, January 1998, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  154. Fermentative degradation of 3-hydroxybenzoate in pure culture by a novel strictly anaerobic bacterium, Sporotomaculum hydroxybenzoicum gen. nov., sp. nov.

    Article • International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, January 1998, Society for General Microbiology

    Andreas Brune

  155. The gut microflora of Reticulitermes flavipes, its relation to oxygen, and evidence for oxygen-dependent acetogenesis by the most abundant Enterococcus sp.

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, October 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  156. pH profiles of the extremely alkaline hindguts of soil-feeding termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) determined with microelectrodes

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, November 1996, Elsevier

    Michael Kühl, Andreas Brune

  157. Transhydroxylase of Pelobacter acidigallici: a molybdoenzyme catalyzing the conversion of pyrogallol to phloroglucinol

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, February 1994, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  158. Role of Microorganisms in the Digestion of Lignocellulose by Termites

    Article • Annual Review of Entomology, January 1994, Annual Reviews

    Andreas Brune

  159. Role of Microorganisms in the Digestion of Lignocellulose by Termites

    Article • Annual Review of Entomology, January 1994, Annual Reviews

    Andreas Brune

  160. Anaerobic degradation of hydroaromatic compounds by newly isolated fermenting bacteria

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, October 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  161. A strictly anaerobic nitrate-reducing bacterium growing with resorcinol and other aromatic compounds

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, June 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  162. Phloroglucinol pathway in the strictly anaerobic Pelobacter acidigallici: fermentation of trihydroxybenzenes to acetate via triacetic acid

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, May 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  163. Anaerobic degradation of 3-hydroxybenzoate by a newly isolated nitrate-reducing bacterium

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, December 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  164. Anaerobic degradation of 3-hydroxybenzoate by a newly isolated nitrate-reducing bacterium

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, December 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andreas Brune

  165. Degradation of hydroxyhydroquinone by the strictly anaerobic fermenting bacterium Pelobacter massiliensis sp. nov.

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  166. A complete citric acid cycle in assimilatory metabolism of Pelobacter acidigallici, a strictly anaerobic, fermenting bacterium

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, September 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune

  167. Correlation of the turnover number of the ATP synthase in liposomes with the proton flux and the proton potential across the membrane

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, October 1987, Elsevier

    Andreas Brune

  168. Prokaryotic Symbionts of Termite Gut Flagellates: Phylogenetic and Metabolic Implications of a Tripartite Symbiosis

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Andreas Brune